English

Levelland

From level + land, for the flat land there.

Formed from level + land

Latin lībra ‘a balance, a level’

Latin libella ‘a balance, a level’

Old French livel

Middle English level

English level

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Today it means

name A city, the county seat of Hockley County, Texas, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Levelland